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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />"'ij;~''l.:. <br /> <br />t) (111CO}1~ <br /> <br />April 23, 2002 <br /> <br />Hon. Dennis Probst, Mayor <br />Hon. Beverly Aplikowski, Council Member <br />Hon. David Grant, Council Member <br />Hon. Gregg Larson, Council Member <br />Hon, Lois Rem, Council Member <br />City of Arden Hills <br />1245 West Highway 96 <br />Arden Hills, MN 55112-5794 <br /> <br />Re: The Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant <br /> <br />Dear Honorable Mayor and Council Members: <br /> <br />At the risk of over burdening you with correspondence, I realized that the matrix used at <br />last week's work session may have incorrectly given the impression that the <br />OpuslRestoration team intended to utilize Applied Ecological Resources (AES) for site <br />clean up. Site clean up is not a role we intend for them to play. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />As you are aware, we have made a conscious decision not to align ourselves with any <br />particular group of consultants at this time for reasons we have previously expressed. <br />The one exception we made was AES. We asked them to join our presentation because <br />of their expertise in designing environmentally creative solutions when planning <br />neighborhoods. This sometimes involves innovative approaches as shown by the way <br />they design systems to treat storm water, but it can also be as simple as spending <br />extensive time studying and understanding the ecological features of a site prior to <br />starting and then protecting and enhancing these features during the development process. <br />We believe this approach has a number of benefits, both ecologically and culturally. We <br />also find that this approach can be used on all types of sites, including sites with high- <br />density development. <br /> <br />Since this is a different approach from what most developers follow and is an integral <br />part of our development philosophy, we believed it was important for you to meet Steve <br />Apfelbaum from AES. Because of AES's expertise and their participation in the clean up <br />ofthe Upper Landing site in St. Paul, they may play some role in the TCAAP clean up. <br />However, it has never been our intent to have AES take the lead in determining what <br />additional site clean-up may be required (assuming the US. Army only brings the site to <br />industrial standards) or to take the lead in designing any further remediation. <br /> <br />1521 94th Lane :-0.E. <br /> <br />_capo]is, J\.tinneS0l8 <br /> <br />WJ <br /> <br />phone 763 7)2-K974 <br /> <br />Lr\ 7(,-; '92-S97h <br /> <br />. , <br />."-! <br /> <br />on <br />